Medical Tools 20th Century

History of medicine - Medicine in the 20th century …

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Medicine in the 20th century. The 20th century produced such a plethora of discoveries and advances that in some ways the face of medicine changed out of all recognition. In 1901 in the United Kingdom, for instance, the life expectancy at birth, a primary indicator of the effect of health care on mortality (but also reflecting the state of health education, housing, and nutrition), was 48 years for males and 51.6 years for females.

20 Fascinating Medical Instruments of Yore - MPR

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Surgical instruments from the 16th and 17th century. Left row: lithotomy dilator, 16th century; dental forceps; trepan; dental forceps. Right row: …

Timeline of Medical Tools and Techniques - Soliant Health

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Electrocardiograph Machine (early 1900s) Dutch physician Willem Einthoven was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for developing the first EKG …

Top 10 Medical Devices of the 20th Century - Lawyers.com

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Medical treatments moved forward in leaps and bounds during the 20th century, enabling quality of life to be greatly improved and for the quantity of that same …

Top 5 Medical Inventions of the 20th Century

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Ten weird and terrifying medical instruments from the past

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Here is a list of a few of my favourites. Nothing quite says medicine like a syringe. And this collection has plenty, from the 17th century brass or 18th century ivory enema syringes, to the...

16 Medical Procedures and Devices from the Early …

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1. This pulmonary resuscitation machine from 1908 Looking as if it could inhale your very soul, mechanical ventilators like this were designed to prevent miners from dying of gas asphyxiation. Invented by Heinrich …

9 Terrifying Medical Treatments from 1900 and Their …

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3. Plombage Plombage was a risky early 20th century treatment for tuberculosis in which a surgeon would create a cavity in a patient’s lower lung and fill it …

22 Strange Medical Instruments From the Past That …

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In the history of medicine, machines became crucial parts of the diagnostic and treatment process in the first half of the 20th century. Scientists and doctors …

12 Terrifying Medical Devices From the 1900s (Photos)

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Everything from x-ray machines to cancer treatment devices resembled forms of torture, suggesting patients from the olden days came from sterner stuff. When captured in the grainy medium that was 20th century …